Dear Google,

There’s no denying that my generation has developed an unprecedented dependency on the internet. But just how far does that dependency go? Can Google give us everything we need?
WordPress Dashboard shows me what people typed into their searches that brought up my blog. One of the recent searches was “im a student what should i [...]

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Sporcle.com and other time-wasting online quizzes

Introducing my new favorite way to procrastinate on the Internet!
http://www.sporcle.com/ is addicting and…educational? Yes. Unlike my old favorite- The Impossible Quiz – which was maddeningly pointless, Sporcle features a plethora of useful/interesting quizzes on…well…everything. (As an aside, there is a newer Impossible Quiz that I’ve never tried. It’s cleverly named The Impossible Quiz 2. I [...]

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Warning- Zombies Ahead!

“A sign on Interstate 255 Tuesday warned motorists that the undead were ahead, causing double takes during the morning rush.” -Elisa Crouch, St. Louis Post Dispatch
Oh yes, this story is worth reading. Picture yourself kinda groggy, heading down the interstate to work on a Tuesday morning. You see one of those annoying electronic highway signs, [...]

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BigDog- Frightening and Amazing

You have got to see this to believe it! (Kudos to Emily and Alex for bringing it to my attention.) A company called Boston Dynamics has developed this robot and others “that have rough-terrain mobility that can take them anywhere on Earth that people and animals can go.”
Instead of being [...]

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